P&O MARITIME LOGISTICS TO CONVERT OFFSHORE VESSEL FOR GREEN FUEL
DP World company P&O Maritime Logistics, a provider of maritime services, has announced plans to convert one of its Multi-Carrying Vessels (MCVs) into a Cable-Laying Vessel (CLV) to be powered by alternative energy. Set to start operations in the third quarter of...
TOTALENERGIES JOINS GCMD IN BIOFUEL SUPPLY CHAIN TRIAL
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels says it is working on collaborations with a number of international organisations, one of the latest examples being the recent completion of a biofuel trial, driven by the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD). This trial is part...
THREE HYBRID CTV ORDER FOR STRATEGIC MARINE
Singapore shipyard Strategic Marine has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Purus Wind company HST Marine to build three Brevity-class Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) for the UK-based offshore vessel owner-operator. The agreement binds the two parties to...
OCEAN NETWORK EXPRESS COMPLETES BIOFUEL AND DIGITALISATION TRIAL
Conducted as part of the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation’s (GCMD) pilot project to establish a quality, quantity and GHG abatement assurance framework for drop-in biofuels, the container ship MOL Endowment was refuelled with 992t of marine biofuel product...
SWEDISH PORT VESSEL GETS ELECTRIC LIFE EXTENSION
The Port of Gothenburg’s inspection vessel ‘Hammen’, which has been in service since 1979, is to be converted to run on electrical power. Replacement of the 20.3m vessel was considered, but the port authority felt this unnecessary, as the 43-year-old...
IMPROVING ENERGY-SAVING POTENTIAL OF ROTOR SAILS
Dutch company Blue Wasp Marine has been working with Technical University Delft (TU Delft) and the Sea Axe Fund to assess the potential of a small modification to the Flettner rotor wind assistance device. Using its in-house developed Pelican software, Blue Wasp...
ICS SUBMITS ‘FUND AND REWARD’ PROPOSAL TO IMO
The Board of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents over 80% of the world’s merchant fleet, has submitted a revised proposal to IMO that reaffirms the industry’s commitment to meet 2050 net zero carbon goals and sets out the full details of how...
VARD LEADS NORWEGIAN BATTERY-POWERED OFFSHORE SHIP PROJECT
The Vard group reports that the three-year Ocean Charger project has been officially started with a gathering in Ålesund of all involved partners from industry and research which comprise the consortium. In 2022, the Ocean Charger project was awarded NOK 38m through...